9th March 1945

Tiger Moth DE473 had taken off from Abbots Bromley airfield.   AC AJMcL Keay, pupil pilot, and F/Sgt AR Edwards, instructor, also buried at Repton, were killed between the airfield and Radmore Wood, north-west of Burton.   They collided with Halifax NA317 1665HCU from Tilstock, Shropshire.   The crews of both aircraft died.